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are not equally distributed among graduates, since recent literature shows that disadvantaged students are less likely to … study abroad than better off students. This is explained by differing social capital of individuals from diverse socio … differences in mobility by socio-economic background can be explained by ability of students? Throughout, results for Erasmus …
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likely to study other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities than students whose parents are university graduates. We also find … evidence that FiF students are less likely to graduate from elite universities and have a higher probability of dropping out …
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findings of the study showed that multiple measures assessments placed the majority of students higher in comparison with the … traditional placement exams. Student academic history in the courses that students were placed into shows no difference in course … success between students using multiple measures assessments and traditional placement exams …
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likely to study other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities than students whose parents are university graduates. We also find … evidence that FiF students are less likely to graduate from elite universities and have a higher probability of dropping out …
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We study students' motives for educational attainment in a unique survey of 885 secondary school students in the UK. As … expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …
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We study students' motives for educational attainment in a unique survey of 885 secondary school students in the UK. As … expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521174
leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students' test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …
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A model is presented where universities competitively supply education to mobile students. Students are subject to a …-related debt relief, however, the equilibrium quality of education is inefficiently low. This is because students reduce their …
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leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155165
stage by investigating the gender pay gap among university students working alongside their studies. With data from five … pay gaps and potential explanations. We find that female students earn about 6% less on average than male students, which … male and female students pursue. …
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